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26 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read
No, I’m not linking to the lazy scam that didn’t get permission from me or any of the other prominent people whose names and images they’re exploiting.
Well, that was quick, at least. They claim to have taken mine down.

Pro tip: If you want to “honor” someone in a way that just so happens to make you money, ask them first.
Also, if you’re sending me a link to this thing or asking me to react to it, you’re not being helpful at this point. You’re just promoting it. If I don’t personally know you, I’ll probably assume that’s your motive in doing so.
Anyway, this whole thing is weird and creepy. The sellers are scammers trying to make an unearned buck off my face, but what really has me worried are the buyers. Why would a stranger want to "collect" a picture of me? Get help.
I mean, if you really want an autographed picture of me to hang on your wall, I'll probably send you one if you ask. But I'll also make extra sure to double lock my doors that night.

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10 Dec
An almost throwaway detail in this story: on January 6th, the same day the insurrection mob infamously stormed the Capitol, a group surrounded the home of this 62 year old election worker, yelling with bullhorns. Terrifying.
Trump’s repeated use of the presidential platform to threaten and intimidate individual election workers might not have been his most spectacular crime, but it’s one of his most dangerous and disturbing.
The attempt to overturn the election must never be remembered as a mere political stunt. It involved violence and terror directed against ordinary people, our neighbors.
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8 Dec
Just upgraded my phone, thereby starting the period where I discover some obscure but essential thing that I didn't transfer from my old phone. This period lasts approximately until I get another new phone.
Apple makes most of this very seamless and easy for 98% of it, but that last 2% has a very long tail.
I love how when you set up a new device they ask if you want to erase your old device as soon as it finishes. I may like to live on the edge, but not that close to it, thanks.
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8 Dec
Why do I have to pay sales tax on home COVID tests? For that matter, why do we have to pay for home COVID tests?
It’s great that we’ve done a pretty good job making vaccines accessible to anyone who wants them. I wish we did the same with other COVID defenses, like n95 masks and tests.
I’m fortunate that my workplace provides free on-demand PCR tests and a big stack of masks (though not N95) at just about every building entrance. But the fact that this makes me “fortunate” instead of “normal” is really sad.
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4 Dec
Re-upping this: Testing Phone-Size Faraday Bags.
mattblaze.org/blog/faraday

You probably don’t need one, but if you do, here you are. And I think some may find the test process interesting.
How do you know I’m not shilling for one of the commercial vendors?

You don’t.

But I show my work, and you can do similar tests if you want (that’s the point of the writeup).
I’m fortunate in that I have some high quality test gear, but that wasn’t essential to being able to do this. You could get close to this level of accuracy with cheaper, hobbyist-grade gear if you understand what you’re trying to measure and what can confound the measurements.
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3 Dec
TIL that a lot of people who think they understand decibels don’t realize that there are different scales for amplitude (volts), where a factor of 10 is 20dB, and for power (watts),where a factor of 10 is 10dB ). It’s confusing, but part of what makes dBs useful.
Why? Because it enables sorcery where once you measure ratio and convert to dB (whether with volts or Watts), the same dB values are useful for calculations in either.
In other words, suppose I have a circuit that attenuates volts. I measure 1 volt going in and 0.1 volts coming out. That’s a 20 dB attenuation.

Now I can take this 20 dB attenuator and calculate that if I put 1 Watt in, I’ll get 0.01 Watts out (a 20dB reduction in power).
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2 Dec
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about cellphone Faraday pouches but were afraid to ask (because then they’d know you wanted to know about cellphone Faraday pouches).
mattblaze.org/blog/faraday/
A few weeks ago, I posted a tediously long thread testing various cellphone-sized Faraday pouches. I’ve expanded that into an even more tediously long blog post. mattblaze.org/blog/faraday/
To clarify:

1. I don’t sell Faraday pouches, or have any connection to anyone who does.

2. I don’t know if you need one. If I had to guess, I’d say probably not.

3. Learning how to measure things like this is fun and instructive if you’re a nerd like me. Maybe you are.
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